I did not make myself clear. what i meant was that being, as I am, IFR rated and CPL(H) one seems to have two choices once you have theoretical ATPL:
ATPL-VFR or ATPL-IR flight checks.
If you face the first option apparently you get an ATPL license with restrictions to VMC environment.(what seems absurd being already IR)
If, on the other hand, you choose to take the VFR plus IFR flight test (which has additional IFR items) then you get an ATPL-IFR license, what to my eyes seems a lot ludicrous. In fact the embrio of this thread deals with the fact that no one had a clear idea about the differences between being IR plus ATPL-VFR and being an ATPL licensed pilot without IFR restrictions (second choice).
I am sure there will be different views in different countries. As far As I see it up to this point there should not be an IFR rated pilot with an ATPL restricted to VFR, that is nonsense.
Luis